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economically necessary, but i do not think the opec cartel conducts its affairs in a way to benefit the uned states of arica. they conduct tir affairs so that they do not kill the goose that laid the golden egg. if you turn into the record on pages 8 and you're asking for some visual ces as to what's going on here. if you look on page 8 coming will see the united states is paying about $20 million per month tomport petroleum. you see the sharp se in the line just before 2008 and then it sort oflat lines from 28 going through the significant dip that was represented by the subprime mortgage meltdown. ist's interesting about it from that point forward itas remained about 50% of t balance of payments and deficits. thats because the oil carl prices the marginal barrel of oil as what it costs to get it out of the ground and wh the maximum is thaey cannot pay without tipping the consumers over into a recession. the chart the next page to the right of that shows it even more clearly. as you can see, the blue lines the, right befor2008, the meltdown, we went up to $147 per barrel for oil. that was t
economically necessary, but i do not think the opec cartel conducts its affairs in a way to benefit the uned states of arica. they conduct tir affairs so that they do not kill the goose that laid the golden egg. if you turn into the record on pages 8 and you're asking for some visual ces as to what's going on here. if you look on page 8 coming will see the united states is paying about $20 million per month tomport petroleum. you see the sharp se in the line just before 2008 and then it sort...
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all spendinobject un-- on unemployment and health care are fully paid for. this is a significant victory for those of us concerned about the national debt. and the culture of deficit spending that has gripped washing for far too long. for example the unemployment program has added nearly $200 billion to our nation's debt over the last four years. no more. we paid for it in december, we are paying for it today, and we set a clear precedent that the congress must live within its means, no more spending unless it's paid for, period. i understand this is a compromise. and not everyo likes everything in here. if i had my way, the bill passed by the house in december would be the law. that was the only bill that extended these programs through the end of the year. it was the only bill thatas fully paid for and it was the only bill that ensured seniors and their doctors were protect interested dramatic cuts for at least two years. but we don't control washington. democrats still control washington. they control the senate and they control the white house. utilizing
all spendinobject un-- on unemployment and health care are fully paid for. this is a significant victory for those of us concerned about the national debt. and the culture of deficit spending that has gripped washing for far too long. for example the unemployment program has added nearly $200 billion to our nation's debt over the last four years. no more. we paid for it in december, we are paying for it today, and we set a clear precedent that the congress must live within its means, no more...
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i had to escort the security council back to the airport, and i finagled my weight onto one of the un buses. the security council people seemed pretty uptight. ♪ 99 bottles of beer on the wall 99 bottles of beer ♪ , on, nobody? i was told there were you in peacekeepers who had killed people. >> the french, at the beginning of the crisis, and here, we had this belligerence fighting each other. >> sounds to me like he is dodging the question. i walked out of my apartment. the upper west side of manhattan, nice, comfortable place to live, nothing particularly exciting generally happens there. can now -- came out, and i was greeted by a man who was very nicely dressed, nice, well-made suit, waited for me by my apartment, and he asked if i was ami horowitz, and my spidey sense started tingling a little bit, and i said i am, and he as i of this film was more important than my family. >> sunday with ami horowitz at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." >> now, some of the speeches from last week's republican convention. next, former pennsylvania senator and 2012 presidential candidate rick santorum fr
i had to escort the security council back to the airport, and i finagled my weight onto one of the un buses. the security council people seemed pretty uptight. ♪ 99 bottles of beer on the wall 99 bottles of beer ♪ , on, nobody? i was told there were you in peacekeepers who had killed people. >> the french, at the beginning of the crisis, and here, we had this belligerence fighting each other. >> sounds to me like he is dodging the question. i walked out of my apartment. the...
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. >> we should ratify the un convention. there were 34 republican senators before the election who said they opposed it. i hope some of them have lost. [laughter] also, the political environment has changed in united states. perhaps there will be more of a disposition to do what the u.s. navy and joint chiefs of staff and every former secretary of state wants us to do and what the u.s. business community wants us to do that will give us moral standing in the south china sea. on cyber, can leverage fall has written a great monograph. -- a great monograph has been written. this will be a bigger issue that deserves more than 10 seconds. particularly the attacks on u.s. corporations, u.s. intellectual property is a core problem. it is an interesting subject. there is a lot that can be done, particularly in the investment area. in the ipr area, it can be done more successfully at the sub national level. governments in the united states, governments in china that want to attract investment, often more than their national governmen
. >> we should ratify the un convention. there were 34 republican senators before the election who said they opposed it. i hope some of them have lost. [laughter] also, the political environment has changed in united states. perhaps there will be more of a disposition to do what the u.s. navy and joint chiefs of staff and every former secretary of state wants us to do and what the u.s. business community wants us to do that will give us moral standing in the south china sea. on cyber, can...
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i will restorer our imperiled civil liberties by repealing the un-american provisions of the patriot act. it is not only the patriot act. it is also the national defense authorization act. and the anti-terrorism act which they protest and direct our police to find a non- violent center. i will prohibit the department of common security from conspiring with local police to suppress our freedoms of assembly and speech. i will also work to legalize marijuana. and put it into a state regulatory framework. marijuana is a substance which is dangerous because it is illegal. it is not illegal because it is dangerous. finally i will in the bipartisan war on immigrants. i will stand up against discriminatory republican malls like the remanent -- laws like the remnants of arizona. i will stand up to the racist demagoguery that wrongly blames immigrants for the unemployment theught on by wall street's use of the economy. i will end obama's communities program. it has deported over 1 million immigrants, heartlessly as butting families and taking thousands of children away from their parents. this
i will restorer our imperiled civil liberties by repealing the un-american provisions of the patriot act. it is not only the patriot act. it is also the national defense authorization act. and the anti-terrorism act which they protest and direct our police to find a non- violent center. i will prohibit the department of common security from conspiring with local police to suppress our freedoms of assembly and speech. i will also work to legalize marijuana. and put it into a state regulatory...
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the growing property rate -- the un statistics were 30. poverty rate is creeping up to 32. poverty means $2 a day or less. egypt is 40. yemen is even higher. there are some terrible statistics out there for a party. the lower classes were being hammered. and with the population explosion, the authoritarian system under assad was designed for 7 million, 8 million people. socialism, the authoritarian bargained, take away the freedom of the people, but they have jobs. they have some security. subsidize basic products. and give them security. that was the slogan. and that work. until zero -- syria and iran out of water. as their became more and more people -- syria ran out of water. and as there became more and more people, they could not take care of them all. the upper class got rich, but most of syrians suffered. this country was waiting to explode. assad did not have any answers, and he refused to really open up the system. he kept his father's model, which is to keep a few intimate around him, the people who are loyal, and to disregard the rest. and he had the option when
the growing property rate -- the un statistics were 30. poverty rate is creeping up to 32. poverty means $2 a day or less. egypt is 40. yemen is even higher. there are some terrible statistics out there for a party. the lower classes were being hammered. and with the population explosion, the authoritarian system under assad was designed for 7 million, 8 million people. socialism, the authoritarian bargained, take away the freedom of the people, but they have jobs. they have some security....
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they are organizing at the un, redefining the economic paradigm. the prime minister has asked us to go 100% organic and waiting for the day when this country and makes that commitment. [cheers and applause] >> what do you think some of the solutions are that we actually collectively here can and should be advocating for? understanding the current financial situation of our country is in. understanding how many states are in a more financially precarious system because they cannot have a budget deficit year over year. what should we ask our national government to do and our state governments to do to try to change this equation such that we are not the 24th in education for the next generation? >> well, i think a couple things. i think we need to think bold here. a lot of that starts with not allowing this idea that we cannot afford to invest in people in this country. we can afford it. it is absolutely true that we have a long-term debt problem but we also have a short term and a long-term priority problem. we have the money. our gdp nearly tripled
they are organizing at the un, redefining the economic paradigm. the prime minister has asked us to go 100% organic and waiting for the day when this country and makes that commitment. [cheers and applause] >> what do you think some of the solutions are that we actually collectively here can and should be advocating for? understanding the current financial situation of our country is in. understanding how many states are in a more financially precarious system because they cannot have a...
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voted for the power because he said he needed it not to go to war but to keep the united states, the un in line, to keep sanctions on iraq and not let them be lifted. i, along with dick lugar, before we went to war, said if we were to go to war without our allies, without the kind of support we need, we'd be there for a decade and it'd cost us tens of billions of dollars. john mccain said, no, it was going to be ok. i don't have the stomach for genocide when it comes to darfur. we can now impose a no-fly zone. it's within our capacity. we can lead nato if we're willing to take a hard stand. camps, i've been in those in chad. i've seen the suffering, thousands and tens of thousands have died and are dying. we should rally the world to act and we should demonstrate it by our own movement to provide the helicopters to get the 21,000 forces of the african union in there now to stop this genocide. >> thank you, senator. governor. >> oh, yeah, it's so obvious i'm a washington outsider. and someone just not used to the way you guys operate. because here you voted for the war and now you oppose
voted for the power because he said he needed it not to go to war but to keep the united states, the un in line, to keep sanctions on iraq and not let them be lifted. i, along with dick lugar, before we went to war, said if we were to go to war without our allies, without the kind of support we need, we'd be there for a decade and it'd cost us tens of billions of dollars. john mccain said, no, it was going to be ok. i don't have the stomach for genocide when it comes to darfur. we can now...
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but the most important thing is that they have to spend more un money to get an ad on tv. so if you're a candidate tv station has to give you space. they don't have to give it to an independent group and you get a lower -- it costs less to be a candidate. so you're having in some places an -- and then there's a whole other complicated thing if you buy early and reserve. but buying ad time isn't much different where you want to look for bargains and be smart and strategic about it. they go in to have to buy ads they're spending sometimes ten times as much. >> they're paying retail while the dam pains pay whole sale. >> better way to say that so all that is to say that they have made an impact but at the end of the day they didn't do the one thing that we both agree could have helped mitt romney at least early on which was defining him as opposed to letting him be defined. there was lots of ads saying that president obama was a terrible candidate and terrible steward of the economy. people already knew that. what they didn't know about who mitt romney was. and finally i thin
but the most important thing is that they have to spend more un money to get an ad on tv. so if you're a candidate tv station has to give you space. they don't have to give it to an independent group and you get a lower -- it costs less to be a candidate. so you're having in some places an -- and then there's a whole other complicated thing if you buy early and reserve. but buying ad time isn't much different where you want to look for bargains and be smart and strategic about it. they go in to...
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we heard recently in the congress some republicans forgot the word "un" in front of employment and we're not going to make those mistakes. can i get an amen? >> so what i would like to do is get an all encompassing resolution to empower us to make sure we have taken, for those of you in law school, sort of a blue booking eye towards ensuring this is a grammatically tight document i would like to make a motion. >> second. >> second it. i would like to get 15 seconds. >> aye. >> i would like to hear a very hardly all in favor of say -- >> aye! >> all right. then we are concluded with that. i feel empowered now. >> fabulous. fabulous. that's leadership! >> okay. so we're about to take the vote that gives us that moment where we vote on the entire platform and all amendments. all of the amendments have been considered. and so we want to vote on whether or not to approve the draft platform as amended for recommendation by adoption at the 2012 democratic national convention. all in fave, say aye. >> aye. >> all opposed? the ayes have it. the platform is approved. >> [applause] >> [chanting fou
we heard recently in the congress some republicans forgot the word "un" in front of employment and we're not going to make those mistakes. can i get an amen? >> so what i would like to do is get an all encompassing resolution to empower us to make sure we have taken, for those of you in law school, sort of a blue booking eye towards ensuring this is a grammatically tight document i would like to make a motion. >> second. >> second it. i would like to get 15 seconds....